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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Embossed Butterflies

Greetings - I am back a bit sooner this time - I have had a couple of good days in the studio and have several cards completed.

I fished in my 'experimental backgrounds' file the other day and came across this piece of chalked card that I made far too long ago to remember....

All I did was to move a straight edged of paper down the card on differing angles, rubbing on four different colours of chalk. i 'fixed' them with hairspray.

The sentiment is from a tiny set from the Crafts Meow called Just for you, which I silver embossed.

The butterflies were cut and embossed using a cuttlebug die and folder set on a mauve/pink paper from a basic papers set - a Warehouse purchase sometime ago. I then applied ink direct to paper to highlight the embossing and adhered them to the base with a foam dots to give some dimension.

The completed panel was adhered to the smokey blue base card, and then the pearls were placed randomly over the panel. Quite a change for me as I am very much a straight lines/balanced sequences type of person when it comes to placing bling on cards.P.S. - My daughter loved this card - it was my Mothers Day card for her, but i cold not say that until now.

Great card, and I love the techniques you used to make it....the chalked background is so soft and delicate and perfect for the butterflies, which look fabulous with the embossing and inking you added to them. Lovely work.